Better than alphagetti*: edible gelatin typography January 19, 2012
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Pretty!, Typography, Words.Tags: alphagetti, American English, Food, gelatin, Typography
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Current distraction: wondering about the mouthfeel. Chewy? Sticky? Sans-serifs-y? Alphagetti?*
(Subsequent distraction: the curious difference between American “jelly”, which is Australian “jam”, and Australian “jelly”, which is American “jello”.)
*If it’s named after what it clearly IS named after, shouldn’t there be an H after that G?
Shrove Tuesday: The fowl truth February 24, 2009
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Etcetera, Laughing, The News, Words.Tags: Easter, Etymology, Food, Fowl, Lent, Mardi Gras, OED, oosters, Pancakes, Shrove Tuesday, Word of the Day
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Shrove Tuesday, it would seem, is not just about atonement, pancakes and merriment:
{ Oxford English Dictionary Online }
Let us not forget that this is also day for flogging roosters and gifting hens:
{ Oxford English Dictionary Online }
How very glad I am that times have changed.
Pancakes are such a victimless treat.
PS. Lard by any other name… Shrove Tuesday is, of course, Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. And no prizes for guessing why: in Hawaii and Lithuania it’s a feast-before-fast of donuts; in German American communities, fried potato dough with corn syrup (hmm, wholesome); in Sweden, pastry filled with marzipan and cream; in Iceland, salt meat and peas (?)… [ Wikify for more detail ]. Of course, if you have theistic reasons for marking the occasion, all that Gras has to keep you going through until Easter-Egg Sunday.
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